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jan 1, 539 BC - The Cyrus Cylinder

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Cyrus the Great announced that all slaves were free to go and that there was a freedom to religion after conquering Babylon. These rights were recorded on a small clay cylinder and are recognised to be the start of human rights worldwide.

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jan 1, 539 BC
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~ 2566 years ago

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